A case in which smell and taste lost to COVID-19 recovered thanks to “special-flavored chewing gum”

A UK man who lost his sense of smell and taste after COVID-19 reported improvement after a Nottingham University-led trial using specially flavored chewing gum.

He chewed the strong-flavor gum twice a day for 12 weeks and said his senses began to return after years of loss.

The case is drawing attention as a simple, low-cost approach to training and recovery for long-lasting smell and taste problems in long COVID.